2024-01-13 06:00:00
Excess physical activity is not considered a behavioral addiction in the strict sense. pavel1964 – stock.adobe.com
PSYCHOLOGY – Physical activity is an excellent way to maintain your health. But practiced excessively, it can lead to behaviors that are harmful to physical and psychological well-being.
They get up at 5 a.m. every morning to have time to run 10 kilometers before leaving for work. Are at the fitness room every evening to do their bodybuilding session, carefully prepared to optimize their muscle mass gain. Don’t consider a lunch break without going for a swim in the pool. Whether it’s a colleague, a friend or a spouse, we tend to admire them, and envy them a little. But beyond the admiration of this unfailing will, concern can also emerge… Being so “addicted” to sport, is that really reasonable?
First of all, can we speak of addiction in the face of those who under no circumstances deviate from their daily training? Experts are divided on this point, and the international reference manual for psychiatric disorders, the DSM 5, does not include physical activity in behavioral addictions, such as those to sex or gambling. But the reasons for this…
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